The non-K over clock

[Mr209e2s]

Ok so yes intel tried to block the overclocking of non-k but we all know there's still ways around that as of now at aleast, but my main question is would it be possible to flash a z170 bios that has the non-k OC active to say a H170 or B170 board

[FruitBasketSilex]

I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaally doubt it.

 

Plus, in order to do it would likely require modding the BIOS file itself.

[Mr209e2s]

i may purchase a cheap asrock board and try it out

[MageTank]

26 minutes ago, Mr209e2s said:

i may purchase a cheap asrock board and try it out

It will fail. H170 boards lack a PLL multiplication driver on the board itself capable of handling the BCLK overclocking. Why do you think ASRock is releasing boards with the -Hyper nomenclature? Because they have ASRock's "Hyper clock generator" on them. An external clock gen that allows you to negate Intel's standard clock generator with secondary PLL shenanigans. Do not waste your money.

 

Besides. Why buy an H170 board anyways, when Z170 boards offer memory overclocking for even more performance? Trying to save money, yet wanting to overclock is not going to end well.